Happy Easter Moliblog readers…
I’ve just spent the last two days either working or eating Chocolate eggs. Work was quite on Friday. Much too quite but we did manage to get all the work done in time for me to have the weekend off. Lovely!!!
Saturday was spent getting a shock absorber replaced on the mini and watching Matt Smith as the new Doctor Who. Why it wasn’t me I have no idea. I wear Converse shoes and have my own sonic screwdriver. I’d be cheap too.
Smiths’ arrival as the Time Lord has been long awaited and much spoken about and photographed during production. Like every Doctor before him, I’ve hated the idea of him leaving and being replaced with a poorer version. Except Colin Baker. I mean, for fuck sake… What an awful Doctor. The only reason to watch was for Peri and her amazing Tardis Airbags.
Sitting in front of the TV with a Green and Blacks Chocolate egg I watched the impressive opening scene and opening credits. Not so sure about the re-hash of the famous Ron Grainer theme tune but I’ll await judgement till a later time. My friend Hiran feels that the tone was right and that Matt Smith was a natural in the role. I’d agree with that. More over I felt he was a more quirky Doctor than David Tennant with idiosyncratic behaviour that really added to the character and gave the scene energy and pace. Tennant was an amazing Doctor but his constant shouting and mockney accent were often a distraction from some amazing scripts he was given. Alas, none of those written by Russell T Davis.
The TARDIS interior was very different from the last which I really loved. This will take me longer to accept. It does look great with its stairs, raised levels but little things like Hot and Cold taps on the Console, along with an old fashioned typewriter made me uncomfortable. I want an Alien Sci-fi time machine. Not some wacky looking machine that’s made from bits found in a scrap yard. I was looking for Robert Llewellyn to pop up and say, “Welcome to Scrapheap Challenge. Build a time machine out of this old shit”. It might grow on me but sometimes I wish some things would just stay the same, however, the use of HD had much to do with any changes being made.
Overall I thought the first episode of the new Doctor Who was a success and with 8 million viewers watching, it clearly was of interest to a great many people across the nation. Time will tell if the viewing public continues to tune over the coming weeks.
Sunday, was about Formula 1 and eating and eating and well………… eating.
I really don’t think Fleur has eaten so much food in such a short time. The desire to eat so much Sunday lunch and dessert was firmly placed on my Mums great cooking. The smells and the taste are well worth not being able to stand and the need to open that button on the trousers to release the ever expanding waist line.
I’m back to work on Monday. Let’s just hope it’s busy, as there’s nothing on TV…
M